A friend of mine sent me a link to a website of a marathon-event type of organization. http://toughmudder.com/ They advertise their events as "a cross between ironman and Burning Man." I can see no similarities to Burning Man other than that there might be fire at some of their events.

I sent an email to them asking why they are doing this and whether they've ever been to the playa, or if they know what Burning Man is about, and got no response.

Why don't ya stick your head in that hole and find out? ~pieholePlan for the worst, expect the best. Make the most out of it under any conditions. If you cannot do that you will never enjoy yourself. ~CrispyDave

You can alert the lawyers if you want (AntiM knows how, I believe) but I don't think that's something they can control. I don't understand all the legal crap, however. And, well, as the event establishes itself in the pop-cultural consciousness, you'll see more and more of this.

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essjay wrote:A friend of mine sent me a link to a website of a marathon-event type of organization. http://toughmudder.com/ They advertise their events as "a cross between ironman and Burning Man." I can see no similarities to Burning Man other than that there might be fire at some of their events.

I sent an email to them asking why they are doing this and whether they've ever been to the playa, or if they know what Burning Man is about, and got no response.

My guess is they don't even know what Burning Man is and think its something like Iron Man, and like a few people have said already, I don't think they are using it to try and make more money, just to draw attention. Not saying its right to use another organisations reputation to draw attention, but that's not really the point.

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.